Stretch With Me

"Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions." - Oliver Wendell Holmes

Monday, April 16, 2007

But what if I was imprisoned falsely by the Ottomans?

Obviously, I have waited til the last minute to do my taxes. Fortunately, TurboTax is making it as painless as possible, especially with State Farm making it free for its customers (which is me).

These two sources of income that you have to claim in California are off the wall though. How long has the Ottoman Empire been defunct? 90 years? Who is still alive let alone receiving compensation? And why do kidnap victims have to pay tax on what is probably meager amounts of compensation? Are these major sources of revenue for CA? Or do we just like taxing victims?